2000 Walter Cronkite: Recording Studio, Martha's Vineyard

Around the world, revolutionary forces are at work, and they have humankind's dreams on their side. It is up to us to assume leadership of this revolution, to channel it in a direction that will ensure freedom's future. We can assure success by celebrating heroes in our midst who by their example lift up the spirit of our people.

Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Everyday Heroes is a blueprint for building a better world. Its heroes are legendary people and ordinary folks who, by conviction, imagination, innovation, persistence, frequently hard work, and not infrequently moral or physical courage, have lifted their neighbors and their communities. They challenge each of us to respond in kind.

As the only superpower, we need to be the best country and the best global citizens we can be. That means offering a hand up to the good guys. In the last century we've shown the world how we can attack and solve perplexing problems with technology. Imagine if we were to apply that same intellectual power to solving the greatest problems the world faces -- poverty, overpopulation, pollution, and medical insufficiency, as well as our dependence on nonrenewable energy resources. Now is a good time to launch a bold new national initiative. This could be our version of the putting a man on the moon.




It's time to take action -- and chart the course for our future.

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